Improvement in packages for transporting lard



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL K. FAIRBANK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKAGES FOR TRANSPRTING LARD, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,852, dated May12,1874; application filed February 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL K. FAIE- BANK, of the city of Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainImprovements in Lard-Packages, of which the following is aspecification:

'My invention has for its object the construction of a package in whichlard or other suit able substances canV be transported, either over landor sea, with safety and economy.

In the construction of my package I use pails or buckets D, or anysuitable vessel, and cover each of said pails with a Wooden cover, A,which is formed with a shoulder on the under side at the edge, as shownin Figure 3, which is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a part ofone of the covers. The shoulder rests upon the top edge of the pail. Thepails rest one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon the top of eachpail is cut a circular crease, as shown at B at Fig. 3, and B at Fig. 1.

Fig. lis a top view of the cover I use, in which B is the creasereferred to. The lower end of the pail rests in this crease in the coverof the bottom pail. This crease might be done away with, aud cleatsnailed on the top of the cover, against which the bottom of the pailcould rest 5 but I prefer the crease. The cover of the top pail has nocrease. In this Way I mount one pail above another, to the numberdesired. I then place them in a rack made of four strips, as shown at EE, Fig. 2, extending down the side of the pails, and the ends of whichare fastened to the ends of cross-bars extending at right angles acrossthe -upper and lower ends of the series of pails, as previouslymentioned.' Around the center of the package I place a band, F, Fig. 2,of suitable material, and fasten it to each strip. This serves thepurpose of keeping the strips from spreading or bilging. This might bedone away With, but I prefer to use it.

I make these pails of different sizes, thus holding more or less, as Imay desire, as in some markets the demand is for packages holdingdifferent amounts from others.

A I have found by actual experience that this kind of a package isthe'safest and most reliable, and most economical, for sending lard toforeign countries, of any that is known.

For the British market I pack twenty-eight pounds in each pail, and fourpails in each package, thus making just a British hundred Weight.

I do not limit myself to the precise number of four pails or buckets ineach package, as I can use a greater or less number.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The grooved cover A B, for use in the manner and for the purposeherein specified. 2. The combination of the pails D A, side pieces E,cross-heads O, and band F, as and for the purposes set forth.

NATHANIEL K. FAIRBANK. Witnesses:

GEO. M. STERNE, HENRY B. GRAHAM.

